Recent content by GeePig

Nice video, and you can see what happens if the wheel and axle angles are not sloped to meet at the wheel centre where it touches the ground - massive lift on the outer wheel, which will also have more load if you are going fast. If you had suspension then that would help conceal the difference...

It looks like it is coming together nicely, and having two handlebars is actually interesting even if the second is only used to mount ancilliary stuff. Would it be feasible to move the spokes on the front so that the the valve is half way between the spokes of in the midst of them?

I am thinking about using one of these: I am not sure which yet - the red Romet is at the cheap end of the market while the white Amsterdam is a decent mid-range frame. I have a ton of mowing to do and the front floor in the cottage to fix, but we will see how it goes.

I would like to build one of my frames up, the problem is how many weekends I will get to work on it as we need to rebuild the front floor of our house as well as make a start on fixing the kitchen up. I have 2 step-thru frames that I would like use sometime, one a nice Amsterdam frame and the...

I usually strip my bikes down to almost barest pieces, clean each part up etc. What I would do for a decent wire wheel, though... ;)

I am no specialist in American bikes, but I do not recall ever seeing quite this model, and it looks quite complete!

Is the two rings up front essential or for style?

I had a leather block for the chain to run on for my Honda C70 off-roader - it lasted the life of the bike without an issue.

I would consider fitting the nice alloy singleton on the front, then one of the wriggly steel ones on the back until something better turns up. At least the wriggly ones look nice.

Just a matter of interest, I notice you have a pair of nearly worn out wire wheels on your bench. What would they look like if they were stripped of whatever wires are left and bolted on each end of the former BB hole? Could they be made into a decent looking pair of BB end caps?

That is the difference between someone who knows what they are doing and one who does not. In other words: I have enough experience that I can turn my mistakes into new features, and you will never notice ;)

I like the black forks, they are a different path to the choice of chrome ones, but still a path worth following.

I would like to find a nice set of shorty fenders like that...

That is alright, we know how gunky the 'before' shots are, we really want to see how good you get those parts to be.

Nice! I used to have short mudguards to keep the grit out of the brakes, especially in wet weather, and now looking at yours I wonder how short they could be and still look good... ?